North Sea oil and gas companies are being held up from maximising opportunities in fracking because of the Scottish Government’s moratorium on shale gas, claims a leading politician.
The two Swiss pilots taking turns to fly a solar-powered plane around the world have said the feat is not only a demonstration of the importance of renewable energy, but also the many challenges the human body can endure.
A solar-powered plane landed in California on Saturday, completing a risky, three-day flight across the Pacific as part of its journey around the world.
For decades, alternative energy was the province of activists. It was far more expensive than fossil fuels, and many remained unconvinced of humanity’s role in the globe’s rising temperature.
Atlantis Resources, the Scottish firm behind the MeyGen tidal-energy project in the Pentland Firth, has followed up a £6.5million cash injection with new joint-venture in Indonesia.
For decades, alternative energy was the province of activists. It was far more expensive than fossil fuels, and many remained unconvinced of humanity’s role in the globe’s rising temperature.
The Scottish firm behind Europe’s largest consented tidal-energy project, the MeyGen development in the Pentland Firth, said yesterday it had raised £6.5million from a share placement.
Ministers have escalated a fierce row with the House of Lords over plans to scrap subsidies for new onshore wind farms as Tory MPs warned peers they are on “thin ice”.
Vivint Solar was supposed to be part of SunEdison by now. Instead, the residential solar installer is seeking to accelerate construction and financing efforts that flagged during the failed $1.9billion takeover bid.
The landscape of vendors offering C&I energy storage systems (ESSs) is growing increasingly diverse and competitive, with vendors approaching the market from different angles and forming partnerships to drive the sector.
Finland's Teollisuuden Voima (TVO) applied for an operating licence for the Olkiluoto 3 nuclear reactor on Thursday, taking aim at a 2018 start-up, nine years later than planned.
Statoil is preparing to launch its seabed and UXO surveys along the cable route and project area of its 30MW Hywind project off the coast of Aberdeenshire.
A flagship home energy efficiency policy which cost taxpayers £240 million failed to deliver energy and carbon savings, the National Audit Office has said.
Improving energy efficiency in the UK’s 27 million homes, which are responsible for more than a quarter of the country’s energy demand and greenhouse gas emissions, is seen as key to tackling climate change, energy security and fuel poverty.